摘要: An option contract giving the owner the right, but not the obligation, to sell a specified amount of an underlying asset at a set price within a specified time. The buyer of a put option estimates tha[阅读全文:]
摘要: A day on which contracts for stock index futures, stock index options, stock options and single stock futures (SSF) all expire.
This is similar to the triple witching hour, except that t[阅读全文:]
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One of the four types of compound options, this is a put option on another underlying put option. The buyer of a put on a put has the right but not the obligation to sell the underlying put option [阅读全文:]
摘要: An investment strategy that combines options to create a spread which has limited loss potential and a mixed profit potential.
It's created by combining long and short puts in a ratio s[阅读全文:]
摘要: The exercise of a put option. Put to seller would usually occur when the strike price of the put is lower than the market value of the underlying security. At this point, the seller would have the opt[阅读全文:]
摘要: A principle referring to the static price relationship, given a stock's price, between the prices of European put and call options of the same class (i.e. same underlying, strike price and expiration[阅读全文:]
摘要: A ratio of the trading volume of put options to call options. It is used to gauge investor sentiment.
For example, a high volume of puts compared to calls indicates a bearish sentiment in the m[阅读全文:]
摘要: An obligation made by one company to secure the declining value of another company's assets through the commitment of shares.
Made famous by Enron, this method of backing a company's d[阅读全文:]
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A risk-management strategy that investors can use to guard against the loss of unrealized gains. The put option acts like an insurance policy - it costs money, which reduces the investor's potenti[阅读全文:]
摘要: The additional amount of service years that Canadian pensioners can purchase to go towards their pension account. Pensioners may purchase additional service time to cover service absences for reasons [阅读全文:]